第一次收到来自印度的投稿。谢谢来自印度的分享。

这是一个新学校的学生宿舍，在极为有限的施工技术和预算下完成的国家资助项目。

将空间看成模块，围绕中心空间进行组织。“旋转”“挑空”“滑梯”“栈”等等不同主题“模块”为建筑制造出许多边界和精致的景观，阳台，灰空间。为学生提供多种多样的公共空间。

更多中英文介绍见下方。

the spatial vocabulary of the student hostels evolves out of the dynamic action of modular blocks of rooms; each block ‘swivels’, ‘hollows’, ‘slides’, or ‘stacks’ and plugs-in to a central public spine. common spaces of varying scale thread through entire building knitting together shaded nooks, delicate terraces overlooking the landscape, dramatic overhangs, canopied areas, and multilevel arenas for students to occupy.

for many people, times spent as students in a hostel are a source of some of their most unforgettable memories. this is a period of life tinged with companionship and loneliness, with forging new friendships and missing home, the excitement of fresh knowledge and a sense of new found independence. the hostel buildings are designed to mark this unique experience that sets them apart from other building types.

the student hostels are part of the large campus of the newly established y v university, located in kadapa, andhra pradesh, india. the project is located in a context characterized by state patronage with limited construction technologies and a spartan budget. the design approach consciously engages with the architectural legacy of indian modern masters – a successful negotiation of tropical climates, creative use of limited resources and a concern with the production of social spaces. yet it departs from this paradigm significantly in its playful manipulation of form and structure.

the hostel is a collage of spaces and volumes generated from a graphical diagram of lines – first multiplied, then spatialized and transformed through a series of actions. the design involves assembling the rooms into simple rectangular blocks comprising five rooms each, allowing for the control of volumes and scale. the spatial vocabulary evolves out of the dynamic action of these modular blocks. the resultant architecture is an assembled kit-of-parts where each block ‘swivels’, ‘hollows’, ‘slides’, or ‘stacks’ and plugs-in to a central public spine. these actions lend dynamism to the structure, juxtaposing it against the weighted forms of indian modernism.